The duplex
THE OPOKU Ware Senior High School (OWASS) in Kumasi has been gifted a modern duplex to serve as staff accommodation.
Valued at GH¢ 300,000, the new property was donated by the Akatakyie AU group of Opoku Ware alumni, which graduated from the school in 1996.
The President of the group, Katakyie Andrew Osei Adu Akoto (AU247), stated that the presentation of the house is their group’s own way of giving back to OWASS.
He said the group “had embarked on the project to mark the silver jubilee of their graduation from the school and also as 70th anniversary birthday gift to the school.”
According to him, the group selected staff accommodation because they were aware many of the tutors live off campus, which affects discipline on campus, especially after classes.
“We had to do something to demonstrate our support for the teachers who work so hard to bring up these young boys and try to make an impact on their lives and also lift the school’s image,” he said.
The headmaster of OWASS, Rev. Fr. Stephen Owusu-Sekyere, on behalf of the school, lauded the AU Group for their show of amazing love and kindnesses to the school.
A member of the school’s governing board, Kat. J B Danquah (AL53), who is also the alumni’s immediate past president and a member of the 70th anniversary planning committee, also commended the donors.
A pioneer student of the school, Kat Lawrence Gyempeh (K36) was also full of praises for the group, saying “over the years, the school’s population, like that of many schools in the country, had grown in leaps and bounds.”
The building was blessed and formally inaugurated by the Vicar-General of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Kumasi, on behalf of the Archbishop, Most. Rev Gabriel Anokye, who is an old boy of the school.
FROM I.F. Joe Awuah Jnr., Kumasi